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Salacia elegans

Botanic Family

Celastraceae

Author

Welwitzsch ex Oliver

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Comoros
• Congo
• Gabon
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• S. Somalia
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia

Natural Habitats

• Bushland
• forest
• thicket
• forest edge
• woodland

Flowering Times

• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Nov
• Dec

Liana or glabrous climbing shrub with coriaceous serrulate leaves 60mm x 32mm, axillary fascicles of pale yellow to orange-yellow flowers, petals to 2mm long, 25mm diameter orange to red fruit

Further References

• Mobot
• Botanicus
• Jstor
• FOTA
• The Plant List 2